Dan Aschenbach

Senior Vice President

Dan is a Senior Vice President and is a member of Moody’s Global Project & Infrastructure Finance Group. Dan is lead analyst on 40 of the Nation’s largest public power electric and gas utilities. He has been a credit analyst at Moody’s for 30 years. Prior assignments included lead analyst for Canadian ratings and as a generalist, public finance ratings in the U.S. Southern Region and GreatPlains region.Dan worked previously as a legislative assistant for a U.S. Congressman, including on matters before the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee and the Health and Environment Subcommittee. Dan served on his community’s governing board for 18 years and served four terms as mayor of Cranford Township, New Jersey.Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and an MPA from Rutgers University. Dan completed the Leadership for the 21st Century Program at the Kennedy School of Government.Dan has given numerous speeches on public power credit quality including before the American Public Power Association, Bond Buyer, Municipal Analysts Group of New York, Bond Market Association and the National Federation of Municipal Analysts.Faculty Member, University of Idaho Utility Executive Program, 2003-2009-Rating U.S. Electric CompaniesFirst Team, Smith’s Research and Gradings All Star US Municipal Bond Analysts Award (Power) 2003-2014; Institutional Research Magazine Top Utility Analyst, 1999.